Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 861 87% 705 Pts	64-Core 1,128 70% 1,128 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 70.8 67% 78.3 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 78.6 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 1,247 Mixed 1,267 350% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 36.7 193% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 25 128% 295 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 683 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46336 (A5) Unknown 100 100 102 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84650 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 224502 (F2) Unknown 100 100 200149 (F5) Unknown 100 100 370688	83.9% Excellent	Read 516 Write 360 Mixed 422 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 22 115% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 22.1 59% 116 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 103%
H/W RAID 1 8TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0106 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 163 Mixed 141 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 3.81 4K Mixed 0.55 195% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219681888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4296798 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12575 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 55834574877 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16758962390852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5946994311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20545005102	98.2% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 151 Mixed 150 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 581GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2524 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2425 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7278 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 65 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (B5) Unknown 95 95 117928695 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 95 95 6 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 53 201864577049 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 105331 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864577049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3014	48.9% Average	Read 80.1 Write 90.6 Mixed 65.4 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.31 65% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 59%
H/W RAID1 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 102GB free Firmware: Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.1% Excellent	Read 159 Write 145 Mixed 96.9 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$63 6,179 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 102%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-G GAMING (WI-FI AC)

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	578x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	200x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	123x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	133x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	86x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	59x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	47x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	46x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $757

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16